#CAA021#CAA021

#CAA021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.140 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAA021
RGB	rgb(202, 160, 33)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 83.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 4.20, 65.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 65.50, 86.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0039 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.14 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2048, 37.8106, 6.7772)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAA021 #214BCA

analogous

#CA4B21 #CAA021 #9FCA21

triadic

#CAA021 #21CAA0 #A021CA

tetradic

#CAA021 #21CA4B #214BCA #CA219F

square

#CAA021 #21CA4B #214BCA #CA219F

split-complementary

#CAA021 #219FCA #4B21CA

monochromatic

#614D10 #957618 #CAA021 #E1BB47 #EACE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CAA021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#CAA021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAA021

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAA021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAA021	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caa021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 160, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.140 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb6a',
    500: '#caa021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caa021;
$custom-light: #dfbb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caa021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.089,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7247,
    "c": 0.13989,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAA021

secondary

#758CD2

accent

#66EF39

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAA021

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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